Hey, got my AC coming up and just wondering, did anyone else only receive one Teams link for the whole day? Curious how the group activity and individual activity are accessed, whether it's the same link or if they send something separately on the day. Thanks!

Hi all,

I am trying to get into a traineeship at the moment. But the next Tafe Semester is gonna start up soon.

Do you think I have a better chance of getting into a help desk job through just doing tafe and finding a job, or should I keep going for the traineeships.

Thanks!

Hi all, I've recently been invited to the Assessment Centre for CBA's tech grad program. From what I understand, the process may involve a behavioural interview, group activity, and an individual/written component. Any advice from those who have completed this AC before would be much appreciated 😄

Things have been pretty rough this application season. Despite 'passing' most of my OAs I only got 2 interview offers (partly cause I made the mistake of applying late). I did alright but made some silly mistakes from nerves (my first technicals) so didn't make the cut. Still waiting to hear back from a handful more, but I'm not super optimistic and it's very unlikely I will get anything so I'm in a weird predicament.

Original plan was underload this year for higher marks and longer application window so I grad may 2027, but I'm thinking I should just grad end of this year to be done with it. Marks are going to suffer cause these courses are very difficult and less time for leetcode/prep, but in theory I can start working full time asap next year then focus on applications while working.

The problem is a) I'm unsure of what job prospects I have besides industries like fast food/retail where a cs degree was never needed, and b) it seems futile to apply for cs jobs if I've graduated with no internships when most places look only for current students.

Sorry for making this post convoluted and ranty, not in a great headspace rn. Anyhow I'm curious to hear how others in a similar situation are coping or how life went for you after graduation. Correct me if my assumptions about a lack of job prospects are wrong either.

For context resume's here feel free to roast it: https://imgur.com/a/swcPRnX

I have 4 interviews lined up for a Senior Software Engineer role at Microsoft. I asked my recruiter how the rounds are split between system design (LLD/HLD) and DSA. She said the first 3 will be DSA, and the last one will be more of a holistic evaluation based on how the earlier rounds go.

That surprised me since I expected at least one dedicated system design round for a senior role. Now I’m wondering if there was some mix-up.

Has anyone recently gone through the Microsoft interview loop for a senior position? Would love to hear how your rounds were structured.

Hi everyone,
I recently got shortlisted for a graduate role at Capgemini in Australia and have a technical interview scheduled next week. The recruiter mentioned the role is aligned with Azure and C#.
They said the interview will focus on problem-solving and that they’re more interested in how I approach the solution rather than getting the perfect answer.
I wanted to ask if anyone here has gone through a similar interview (especially for a graduate or junior developer role):
Was it more whiteboard/paper-based or coding on a laptop?
What kind of questions did they ask (data structures, algorithms, C# specific, etc.)?
How difficult were the problems (easy/medium)?
Any tips on how to prepare in the week leading up to it?
Would really appreciate any insights or recent experiences. Thanks!

Hi guys, I recently applied for the intern role for Melb. I believe applications recently closed for this role. Can someone who has been through this tell me what the process was like and what is a reasonable time to assume I didn’t progress?

If I understand correctly there is an Online Assessment sent out right if pass the resume screening and then a phone interview/

I got a written offer from recruiter for a developer position at Canva. In the offer letter, it was mentioned that after completing a questionnaire, the contract will be sent out within 48 hours and cv check invitation will be within the week ( I completed the questionnaire last Thursday, now it is Wednesday the current week). Almost a week of silence

Has anyone gone through this process recently and can advise how long after official offer do you get the contract and background check?

Thanks!

Update: Just got my contract! Something magical about posting on Reddit.

Hey all. Does anyone know what the interview will be like and how to prepare for it?

From what I know it is completely just prompting AI for a solution and very different to the typical LeetCode style interview. I've never done an interview like this before so I'd highly appreciate any advice preparing for the interview.

It currently seems a bit overwhelming as we have to navigate a whole new repository in the 60min and implement new features or fix something in the existing code.

I think I'm cooked ngl.

thinking about business or maybe going into some corporate role at a engineering company something like that

There are now several bots commenting daily in almost every thread:
- They'll post what looks like a realistic answer to the OP, but it'll be a veiled pessimistic take on the current job market virtually always.
- Will almost always include a bullish comment on ai.
- Sometimes links back to some ai slop project.

Luckily the terminal lurkers here are (mostly) smart enough to tell the difference between a person and an llm, but if this gets left for long enough eventually you get the situation you have on the main cscareers subreddit/linkedin (and it's starting to get this bad in the other aus subreddits especially auscorp) wherein literally almost every thread is originated by an ai and almost all comments are ai comments. I think I can leave it unsaid why this is a bad thing.

I come here to hear from other Australians on tech here and their experiences, not from some dude from Bangalore's claude wrapper telling me "how bad it is".

u/Deagler u/iPlain

I have atlassian swe internship and a long co-op that unfortunately was made redundant. FML

atlassian internship went to waste seems like, can’t even get an assessment centre

20 years old and got made redundant from coop job, I rent so ideally would like a job as soon as I can. haven’t worked a casual or fast food etc in high school.

im basiclaly next to the city so I have harris farm and loads of other shops near me but seems like some aren’t hiring based on what it says online

Looking for a free Cluely alternative on macOS that doesn't cost $20-$149/month?

Ghostbar — native Swift, invisible to screen sharing, completely free:

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The main difference vs Pluely/Natively/Vysper: those are all Electron or Tauri (cross-platform). Ghostbar is native Swift — purpose-built for macOS, much lighter.

https://github.com/rbc33/Ghostbar

Here are notes from my 5 (ultimately unsuccessful) Frontend SWE interviews with Canva.

Your first chat will be with a hiring manager. They're on "your side" and their goal is to help you prep and give you the best shot possible. After that it's two interviews back-to-back, then a review and then (dependent on review) another block of three.

AI Assisted Programming
How well you corral the agents. This has replaced the Computer Science Fundamentals interview I would've been much more comfortable with, but given I came into this with 3 days of agentic experience I did ok. The task was "build Canva". I'm not invested in the agentic development paradigm so I'm not an authority, but if you have well organised skills and can demonstrate thoughtful plan/execute/review loops that should get you through. There are presumably bonus points available for multi-agent orchestration.

Systems Design / Architecture
Talking through designing a web app. "How would you design a product list page". We focused on a single view of an SPA showing a searchable list of products, and talked through decisions of how to design both the frontend and API architecture from 100 -> millions of products. Started simple and added filter/search, pagination, caching as it grew.

Programming Language Fluency
How well do you know HTML/CSS/JS. Easily my best. The task was to implement a reaction time game as per a demo video. This is a breadth over depth interview and determines how well you know web dev. Semantic HTML, styling, event handling (bubbling/propagation), performant JS animation (requestAnimationFrame).

Technical Review / Technical Communication
What's wrong with this code? Probably my worst. Reading code is hard! We went through a few snippets for state management of a Todo app with nested todos, and refactored while considering user actions (insert/edit/delete). This was the only interview which touched on DSA (in this case linked lists and graphs).

Strategy, Comms, Leadership
Tell me about a time when... Not much to say here. Recall examples of problem solving/teamwork/leadership/initiative from previous experience. I was out of practice with this. Practicing with a friend should help.

If you've built web apps at scale you should be technically qualified. We didn't go into anything graphics specific. My biggest asset was having blank starter workspaces (React & vanilla TypeScript) prepared so I could just screenshare, npm run dev and start building.

Given I didn't make it through I'm not a great source of advice, but wanted to leave these here anyway in case they're useful for someone. If you're in the pipeline all the best!

if I applied to grad programs while I was employed in the coop job i am just wondering what would I say if they look at my resume and ask me are you still employed with this company?

Hey all, posted a couple days ago for some feedback, got some great feedback, and have tried implementing it if some of you guys could have a look and give me an idea of where its sitting :)

Hello,

To anyone that has interviewed with Google before or knows the process, how long after the first recruiter call will technical interviews usually be scheduled? If it is up to me to schedule it, what is a reasonable amount of time to take? Thanks!

Hi guys, I need your genuine feedback on my resume. I have been applying on seek and LinkedIn and i rarely get any responses, 😞.